Submergible floating toy



IBLE FLOATING TOY Sum/m1, 26mm A. FILACAN EVO SUBMSRG Filed Sept. 4, 1923 Oct. 6 192,5".

Patented (let. 6, 1925.

UNITED STATES ANTON FILACANEVO, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SUBMERGIBLE FLOATING TOY.

Application filed September To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON Frnaoannvo, a citizen of United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Submergible Floating Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toys and particularly to floating types used in connection with tanks containing water, one of the objects being to illustrate the movement of a ship undergoing disaster of sinking.

A further object is to produce a tank susceptible of containing a quantity of water in which a representation of a ship floats due to its normal buoyancy and combine therewith means for causing the ship to become submerged in a manner simulative of a vreck.

These objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts here after described and shown in the acco1npanying drawing, forming part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the device, the operative or actuating mechanism being shown in section.

Figure 2 is a transverse seetionai view of the same drawn to an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of one of the submerging shafts and cam carried thereby.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the numeral designates two of the four supporting upright posts arranged at the corners, 11 the pair at the opposite end, and 12 a similar central or intern'iediate pair.

These several posts support a frame 13 to which is attached the upper edges of a tank 14: to be filled with water and in the water fioats a miniature representation of a ship 15 complete with the usual paraphernalia.

Connecting between the posts 11 and 12 on one side of the tank is a platform 16 carrying a housing 17 covering a motor 18 on the platform, the shaft 19 of the motor having a worm 20 and being supported by the bracket 21.

Engaging the worm 20 is a worm wheel 22 fixed on the end of a shaft 23 extending through a stuffing-box 2 f secured to the side of the tank 14: and supported by raised brackets 25 on the bottom of the tank.

Also rotatably mounted transversely in F the tank are two shafts 26 and 27 arranged 4, 1923. Serial No. 660,909.

at widely spaced intervals and journalled in similar brackets 25, the shaft 26, nearest the drive shaft 23, being driven by chain belts 28 running over sprockets 29 and 30, these chains continuing over other sprockets 31 fixed on the shaft 27, so that when the motor is running all of the several shafts will be positively rotated.

Fixed to the shafts 26 and 27, near their ends are pairs of grooved earns 32 and 33 over which are trained flexible cords 34 attached at their opposite ends to eyes 35 se cured fore and aft of the wall of the ship 15 in such manner that upon rotation of the cams, the hull of the ship will be drawn down into the water contained in the tank and eventually submerged.

It is to be noted that due to the cam profile of the elements 32 and 33, the cords will be drawn irregularly, causing the ship to descend by lurches both sidewise and endwise, simulating the action of an actual ship when foundering, thus providing a realistic exhibition, interesting and instructive.

Although I have described with considerable detail the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the details of construction, may be changed without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a water filled tank and a ship floating thereon, of a pair of shafts rotatable in said tank, means for actuating said shafts, grooved cams fixed on said shafts, and flexible elements attached to the hull of said ship adapted to be wound on said cams.

2. The combination with a water filled tank and a ship floating thereon, of a power driven shaft disposed transversely in said tank, a pair of shafts arranged parallel to said driven shaft, pairs of generally helical, irregular, grooved cams fixed on said pair of shafts, said shafts being actuated by the driven shaft, flexible cords engaged on said cams at one of their ends, and eyes fixed in the hull of said shaft engaged by the opposite ends of said cords.

In witness whereof I have aflixed my signature.

ANTON FILAGANEVO. 

